Independence Hall

Independence Hall is the building where both the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were debated and adopted, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was completed in 1753 as the colonial legislature for Pennsylvania, and it was used in that capacity until the capital was moved to Lancaster in 1799. From 1775 to 1783, it was the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress, and it was the site of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. On 15 October 1966, it became a National Historic Landmark.